Random Gaming Talk

[Nintex]

35 years of mostly degenerate garbage and shitty video games

[Nintex]

lol Steam Machine $1000+ for a console that runs games worse than a vanilla PS5.

 takes an L

[chronovore]

I was lucky enough to work on the THQ versions of this series, a long time ago. 
We had bugs, but ours never did that.

[NekoFever]

randomly checking game collector prices. Xbox 360 prices going up...relatively. Bullet Witch is going for $56. Spider-Man Web of Shadows is $100. Blades of Time for $26.

I should sell all this junk.

Following the rule of thumb that prices start rising after 20 years when the kids who grew up with it become adults with disposable income and nostalgia.

[simiansmarts]

35 years of mostly degenerate garbage and shitty video games

Sonic 1 through Adventure 2, Mania and Shadow Generations are good videogames. The valleys between those peaks are varying degrees of mediocrity. 

[Besticus Maximus]

Getting a golden chao at 9  

[Potato]

Sonic was always shit and remains shit. Run really fast. Hit brick wall. Stop momentum. Throw controller.

[benji]

I was lucky enough to work on the THQ versions of this series, a long time ago. 
We had bugs, but ours never did that.

So you're saying this is why they went bankrupt.

[benji]

35 years of mostly degenerate garbage and shitty video games

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[Polident]

Why do they release the exact device I'd want after I bought Ayn Odin Portal  

[bork]

Why do they release the exact device I'd want after I bought Ayn Odin Portal  

Pre-orders go up in about an hour.  Probably gonna get one.

[benji]

[Polident]

Why do they release the exact device I'd want after I bought Ayn Odin Portal  

Pre-orders go up in about an hour.  Probably gonna get one.

Keeping an eye on it. My time with the Ayn Odin 2 Portal, 98% of what I play is 4:3. Exceptions are PSP and GBA. And having the second screen add-on solves that and makes DS/3DS usable. 

Also, after trying out the free frontend (Cocoon, Daijisho, Retrohrai) I ended up paying for Emulation Station on android. Transferring all my Steam Deck information was seamless. No need to rescrape everything and it kept all my favorites and such.

edit:

In researching turnip drivers, I've come upon a video of a guy testing Xbox 360 emulation on the Ayn Thor... playing Infinite Undiscovery and Tenchu Z of all games. Pretty impressive.

[who is ted danson?]

Picked up a (used) Retroid Pocket 5 the other day after enjoying some ps2 emulation on my tablet with a controller. Only used it for an hour or two but this thing is cool as hell.

[Polident]

The only quirk with Android vs Windows/Linux emulation is how you can’t fast forward in Dolphin. GameCube had a lot of unskippable cutscenes.

[D3RANG3D]

Not being able to fast forward un-skippable cutscenes...

[benji]

[Polident]

Thinking about why I was interested in the steam cube, I’m remembering that I have my older Lenovo Legion laptop from 2019 sitting at home. Probably going to try turning it into a “console”. Only need to solve the heat and noise and I'm trivializing things by thinking I can bolt on a desktop heat sink and fan.

[benji]

[HardcoreRetro]

*Walks into videogame store*

Store clerk: "Best I can do is a shit remake of a 25 year old game."

*Leaves*

[Nintex]

Here's the price breakdown for European markets:

Xbox Series S (512GB): €499.99
Xbox Series S (1TB): €599.99
Xbox Series X Digital (no disc drive): €749.99
Xbox Series X: €799.99

I bought the Series X for €449. 
The Series S could be found on sale for €229 easily

You'd have to be mentally retarded to buy the Series S for 499. 

[benji]

I think they pretty obviously just want to stretch the supply out until they can release the next gen. No reason to keep manufacturing this shit when you're going to replace it and 90+% of everyone who will buy it already have.

I wonder if they can lease back their fab slots too.

[who is ted danson?]

Switch 2 $700 in 2027

[filler]

I'm holding out for the cheaper version of switch 2 with no screen for portable play. I don't game unless I'm at home, portability is completely wasted on me, why am I stuck paying extra for it? 

[who is ted danson?]

The screen-less version will release in 2028..... And $899